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Can Head Start Be Deregulated Out of Existence?
“They project enormous savings from the reduction in the number of teaching staff, and the reason for that is the ratios,” Jennesa Calvo-Friedman, who was the lead counsel on...
Startup Valuation Reset: Groq Raises $350M at Half Its Peak
Groq has raised $350 million at a $3.5 billion valuation, a round led by the Dallas investment firm Disruptive and announced on August 17. Nvidia is expected to participate....
AI Infrastructure Consolidates as Stripe Buys OpenRouter
Stripe has agreed to buy OpenRouter for more than $7 billion, taking ownership of the layer that lets developers reach hundreds of AI models through one connection. The deal...
“Dreams in Nightmares” Turns the Art Life Political
To do this, Ford builds the drama with exhilarating freedom. As the title suggests, the film indeed opens with a dream, one that emerges from the nightmares of history....
The Mark of the Machine
Surely Anthropic did not institute its watermark to discourage people from using Claude, or to make its product less appealing—so why, then, would it choose to make its automated...
Gen Z Hiring: Grab Junior Talent While It Is Cheap
LinkedIn’s 2026 graduate hiring data found job openings up 18% and applications down 9%, yet actual hires rose only 3%. Employers are posting roles and then declining to fill...
Retail Sales Report Shows Shoppers Pulling Back in July
American shoppers cut their spending in July, with the retail sales report showing a 0.6% drop from June against forecasts calling for a small gain. It was the first...
Usher and Chris Brown’s Audacious Joint Tour
That Friday, the sky had opened up. MetLife, an outdoor venue, was drenched, and the start was delayed. Guest Services gave out plastic ponchos. Workers had placed tarps on...
“The End of Oak Street” Is a Weirdly Alienated Jurassic Lark
Mitchell springs his most inspired twist early on, and you should skip the rest of this paragraph if you care to experience it fresh. In short, it isn’t the...
Wellness Startups Rebound as Investors Chase AI and Data
Investors are warming back up to health and fitness, and the money is chasing a very specific kind of company. A new Crunchbase sector snapshot found that wellness startups...
